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Patra's comments on Lord Jagannath spark political controversy

Bhubaneswar, May 21 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Puri candidate, Sambit Patra, triggered a controversy on Monday after he said that Lord Jagannath was a "devotee" of Prime Minister Narendra Mod... Read More


Sambit Patra gaffe on Lord Jagannath triggers a row; Naveen Patnaik condemns it

India, May 20 -- A political now erupted in Odisha after Sambit Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha constituency, referred to Lord Jagannath as a bhakt, or devotee of Prime Minister Narendra ... Read More


Modi rakes up mystery of the missing key of Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar

India, May 20 -- Apart from targeting Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik's presumptive successor VK Pandian in the public meetings at Angul and Cuttack on Monday, Pr... Read More


Rickshaw driver transporting voters to polling booth stabbed to death in Odisha

India, May 20 -- An auto-rickshaw driver transporting voters to a polling booth in Odisha's Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency was stabbed to death by a man after an altercation between them on Monday, po... Read More


Odisha CM surrounded by mafia, BJP will break its backbone: PM Modi

India, May 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that certain miscreants have completely surrounded the latter's resi... Read More


Odisha: Over 79 lakh voters to determine fate of over 300 candidates in Phase 5

India, May 19 -- Over 79 lakh voters across five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 assembly constituencies of Odisha would determine the political fate of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, former Union tri... Read More


In tribal heartland, a clash between two narratives

Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj), May 19 -- Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj) The sun is blistering; a heatwave is scorching through eastern India. One early May morning, five people are sitting in a group under the sha... Read More


Odisha: Empowered women voters will play a critical role in the state's Lok Sabha and assembly polls

India, May 19 -- As Odisha votes for the simultaneous polls to the 147-member Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats in four phases that began on May 13, a key question that pollsters have been unable to ans... Read More


Election In Pincodes: In tribal heartland, a clash between two narratives

India, May 18 -- The sun is blistering; a heatwave is scorching through eastern India. One early May morning, five people are sitting in a group under the shade of a mango tree in Pahadpur, unhurried ... Read More


Odisha: In tribal heartland Mayurbanj, a clash between two narratives

India, May 18 -- The sun is blistering; a heatwave is scorching through eastern India. One early May morning, five people are sitting in a group under the shade of a mango tree in Pahadpur, unhurried ... Read More